Modern spoked rims on a Kat?

[Guest]

OK... I'm brewing up another project bike as I have time. Right now I've got an '82 Kat GS550 frame, '86(7) GSXR1100 forks, GS1100 swingarm and '84 GS700 engine. I'd been planning to use GSXR or Kat wheels from the mid '80s-'90s but the other day my "boss" rode his '06 DRZ400-SM in to work and the black spoke wheels caught my eye since this bike is turning into something of a ratbike in my minds eye.

Any thoughts on how I could do this? Something like GS hubs, new spokes and new DRZ rims? About $125ea for those I think. I want dual front disks for sure..and rear disk of course.

I think the stock rim size for the '82 Kat is 17in F/R and I'll prolly stick with that...I imagine going 18/16in F/R might cause handling problems? I don't really know much about wheel size vs. steering geometry.

Thats it for now!

Thanks,
/\/\ac

[pan]

Keep an eye on my " it won't look like this for long " thread. I am doing this to a GS1000, GS750 hubs are a good start if you are going to have wheels built.

Mark...

[robinjo]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...ghlight=spoked